The Sentinel: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Sentinel Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Warriors
Sep 10, 1997
In the Peruvian jungle, a Chopec Sentinel named Incacha is enraged by the pollution of his land by a contaminated oil well and the murder of one of his tribesman by an employee of
Three Point Shot
Sep 17, 1997
When basketball players on the Cascade Jaguars start turning up dead, Jim must calculate the difference between a good shot and a deadly one.
The Girl Next Door
Sep 24, 1997
Blair falls for Jim's new neighbor; a beautiful woman named Iris, but learns that this particular girl next door isn't as innocent as she appears. Iris and her ex-boyfriend Chance
Poachers
Oct 1, 1997
While Captain Banks, Blair, and Jim are fishing together they stumble across a poaching ring that's hooked up with a powerful Chinese gangster named Ho Ng.
The Inside Man
Oct 15, 1997
Using his sentinel powers, Jim saves Edward, the grandson of Mafia don Dominick Lazar, from drowning. When Don Dominick himself thanks Jim for his efforts, he decides to use this o
Vendetta
Oct 29, 1997
After a minor car accident and heated argument with the driver, Dan Freeman, Jim Ellison finds that this unbalanced man has targeted him for a full-blown vendetta.
Fool Me Twice
Nov 5, 1997
During a local Amnesty International conference, Ellison and Sandburg are assigned to watch over Genevieve Benet, the outspoken St. Germainian peace activist.
Storm Warning
Nov 12, 1997
Visiting his cousin Rucker on a remote island, Jim learns that people on deserted islands don't always pursue the "natural life." While rescuing a woman named Monique from a storm-
Red Ice
Nov 19, 1997
Poet Dimitri Gordienski is killed by a sniper at Cascade's Russian Arts Festival. Captain Banks wants the case resolved quickly before the federal government gets involved.
Dead Certain
Nov 26, 1997
When a dead body falls out of the sky with every bone broken, every organ shattered, and no identification, Ellison and Sandburg know that they are not dealing with an ordinary cri
Breaking Ground
Dec 17, 1997
When archaeology student Martin Gillman is buried alive by a cave-in at an excavation site, Ellison and Sandburg suspect foul play. As they unearth vendettas between various member
Prisoner X
Jan 14, 1998
Jim Ellison agrees to go undercover as an inmate in Starkville Prison to investigate a series of suspicious prisoner suicides. He must depend on his thick skin and diplomatic skill
The Trance
Jan 21, 1998
When a local Santeria ceremony goes wrong, one man is dead and the only witness is a woman who was deep in a religious trance while she unknowingly watched the murder. Ellison and
Mirror Image
Feb 11, 1998
Jim Ellison can't explain how Warren Chapel, a permanent patient at a maximum-security mental institution, has detailed firsthand knowledge of a string of grisly murders occurring
Finkelman's Folly
Feb 18, 1998
When Captain Banks is injured in a shootout at the Cascade National Bank, Captain Sarah Finkelman steps in as his replacement and steps on some toes. She rubs Ellison and Sandburg
Sweet Science
Feb 25, 1998
It's guys' night out for Ellison and Sandburg as they watch Sandburg's old buddy, boxer "Sweet" Roy Williams fight a few rounds. Things turn decidedly sour when Sweet Roy winds up
Remembrance
Mar 11, 1998
Professor Robert McCain, the Rainier University expert in serial killers, turns up dead and Ellison is forced to re-open a case that dates back to his youth. As a 10-year-old Jim d
Love Kills
Mar 18, 1998
Some visiting Buddhist monks start dying in Cascade's Chinatown district and Lila, Jim's old love from his days in Bali, seems to be involved. Jim's investigation is hampered by so
Crossroads
Apr 22, 1998
Ellison, Blair, and Captain Banks are trapped in Clayton Falls when some overzealous military officers quarantine the small town. Apparently, an airborne virus wreaked havoc on the
Foreign Exchange
Apr 29, 1998
When the federal mint is targeted for a major heist, Ellison and Sandburg are joined by Megan Conner, a visiting police officer from Australia, as they prepare to apprehend the rob
Neighborhood Watch
May 6, 1998
Jim's friend Roger Corman, a U.S. Marshall, is killed in a car bombing before he can reveal the name of a corrupt marshall that he's uncovered. Ellison must ferret out the traitor
Night Shift
May 13, 1998
When a car comes barreling into the Cascade Police Station in the middle of the night, the Sentinel team finds themselves abruptly thrown into a murder investigation. Initially, th
Sentinel Too (1)
May 20, 1998
With Ellison having strange visions of jaguars and a series of superhumanly performed thefts occurring around the city, Blair and Jim suspect that he may not be the only sentinel i